bandyleg | (noun) a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee) | Synonyms: bandy leg, bow leg, bowleg, genu varum, tibia vara |
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beg | (verb) call upon in supplication; entreat | Synonyms: implore, pray |
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(verb) make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently | Synonyms: solicit, tap |
(verb) dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted | - |
(verb) ask to obtain free | - |
blackleg | (noun) someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike | Synonyms: rat, scab, strikebreaker |
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(verb) take the place of work of someone on strike | Synonyms: fink, rat, scab |
blitzkrieg | (noun) a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment | Synonyms: blitz |
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(verb) fight a quick and surprising war | - |
bootleg | (adjective) distributed or sold illicitly | Synonyms: black-market, black, contraband, smuggled |
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(noun) the part of a boot above the instep | - |
(noun) whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash | Synonyms: corn liquor, moonshine |
(verb) produce or distribute illegally | - |
(verb) sell illicit products such as drugs or alcohol | - |
bowleg | (adjective) have legs that curve outward at the knees | Synonyms: bandy-legged, bandy, bowed, bowlegged |
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(noun) a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee) | Synonyms: bandy leg, bandyleg, bow leg, genu varum, tibia vara |
cleg | (noun) large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals | Synonyms: clegg, horse fly, horsefly |
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dogleg | (noun) a golf hole with a sharp angle in the fairway | - |
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(noun) angle that resembles the hind leg of a dog | - |
dreg | (noun) a small amount of residue | - |
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foreleg | (noun) the forelimb of a quadruped | - |
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keg | (noun) small cask or barrel | - |
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(noun) the quantity contained in a keg | Synonyms: kegful |
leg | (noun) a section or portion of a journey or course | Synonyms: stage |
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(noun) (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack | - |
(noun) a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg | - |
(noun) one of the supports for a piece of furniture | - |
(noun) a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg | Synonyms: peg, pegleg, wooden leg |
(noun) a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle | - |
(noun) a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion | - |
(noun) the limb of an animal used for food | - |
(noun) a part of a forked or branching shape | Synonyms: branch, ramification |
meg | (noun) the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros | Synonyms: 1000000, million, one thousand thousand |
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nutmeg | (noun) hard aromatic seed of the nutmeg tree used as spice when grated or ground | - |
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(noun) East Indian tree widely cultivated in the tropics for its aromatic seed; source of two spices: nutmeg and mace | Synonyms: Myristica fragrans, nutmeg tree |
peg | (noun) a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface | Synonyms: nog |
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(noun) a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing | Synonyms: oarlock, pin, rowlock, thole, tholepin |
(noun) regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument | - |
(noun) a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg | Synonyms: leg, pegleg, wooden leg |
(noun) informal terms for the leg | Synonyms: pin, stick |
(noun) small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc. | Synonyms: pin |
(verb) stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations | - |
(verb) fasten or secure with a wooden pin | Synonyms: peg down |
(verb) pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into | - |
(verb) succeed in obtaining a position | Synonyms: nail, nail down |
pegleg | (noun) a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg | Synonyms: leg, peg, wooden leg |
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roughleg | (noun) large hawk of the Northern Hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers | Synonyms: Buteo lagopus, rough-legged hawk |
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skeg | (noun) a brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost | - |
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teg | (noun) two-year-old sheep | - |
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thalweg | (noun) a line following the lowest points of a valley | - |
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(noun) the middle of the chief navigable channel of a waterway that forms the boundary line between states | - |
veg | (noun) edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant | Synonyms: vegetable, veggie |
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